Mercedes claimed it had invented a new market sector with the first-gen CLS. That’s something at least one manufacturer will do about once a quarter these days, with varying degrees of credibility, but Mercedes seemed to have managed it. So does the new CLS still rule its marketplace, or do its competitors have its measure?
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